Collins English-English Dictionary

bad [bæd]

1. 1. adj not good; of poor quality; inadequate; inferior

   bad workmanship

   bad soil

   bad light for reading

2. 2. adj [often foll by at] lacking skill or talent; incompetent

   a bad painter

   bad at sports

3. 3. adj [often foll by for] harmful

   bad air

   smoking is bad for you

4. 4. adj immoral; evil

   a bad life

5. 5. adj naughty; mischievous; disobedient

   a bad child

6. 6. adj rotten; decayed; spoiled

   a bad egg

7. 7. adj severe; intense

   a bad headache

8. 8. adj incorrect; wrong; faulty

   bad pronunciation

9. 9. adj ill or in pain (esp in the phrase feel bad)

10. 10. adj regretful, sorry, or upset (esp in the phrase feel bad about)

11. 11. adj unfavourable; distressing

    bad news

    a bad business

12. 12. adj offensive; unpleasant; disagreeable

    bad language

    bad temper

13. 13. adj not valid or sound; void

    a bad cheque

14. 14. adj not recoverable

    a bad debt

15. 15. adj [slang] good; excellent

16. 16. adj See book

17. 17. n unfortunate or unpleasant events collectively (often in the phrase take the bad with the good)

18. 18. n an immoral or degenerate state (often in the phrase go to the bad)

19. 19. n the debit side of an account

    £200 to the bad

20. 20. adv [not standard] badly

    to want something bad

21. 21. adv [Etymology] C13: probably from bæd-, as the first element of Old English bæddel hermaphrodite, bædling sodomite

bad [bæd]

1. 1. vb a variant of bade